“Today a guy tried to kill himself,” an inmate of Tamms, the Illinois supermax prison, told me in a letter, dated April 25, that I received Saturday. “Supposedly he almost accomplished his mission. He tied a plastic bag over his head. Prison is a rough spot, and Tamms is especially rough. I don’t know if […]
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 33
Issue of May. 10 – 16, 2012
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12 O’Clock Track: Cave In, “Sing My Loves”
Cave In came back from the dead last year, and their 2011 full-length has at least one great song on it
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Bulls: you gotta bereave
The Chicago Bulls lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA playoffs to end their season
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Heaven in Glencoe: the model railroads at the Botanic Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s model railroad garden opens on Saturday
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Thing I hate: Lying about being from Chicago
Don’t you hate it when people from outside Chicago tell you they’re from Chicago?
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James Beard Award winners and other food news bites
Eataly scouts locations, Hot Chocolate, reboots, reporters infiltrate Blommer, and more
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Lions and tigers and bears and, uh, butterflies, oh my: new Reader performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews from Reader critics
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From Neverland to hell with Peter Pan: playwright Jeremy Menekseoglu talks about his new trilogy
An interview with Jeremy Menekseoglu of Dream Theatre
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Friday at SPACE: the new NRBQ doesn’t miss a beat
Terry Adams brings a new NRBQ lineup worthy of the group’s legacy to SPACE on Friday
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Luxe meets louche at the Stones homage Nellcote
In this week’s Food & Drink: Jared Van Camp’s Nellcote, Cocktail Challenge stinging nettles
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Stylish events for moms and more
Events at the 900 Shops, plus a Southport boutique is closing—for real this time
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UIUC students try to create a better coastal city
A new architectural exhibition of student work at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Reader grabbed in multimillion-dollar deal
On the megapurchase of a great alternative newspaper
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This week on the B Side
Legal problems for the Internet’s copyright free-for-all, Bitchpork’s return, a local rapper goes back to school, and more
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Some food porn from My Mother’s Kitchen
Some snaps from a newish Galewood soul food restaurant